FROM PERKS
The secret ingredient to making any cocktail or whiskey pour taste better isn’t an ingredient at all. It’s a hunk of professional-grade metal that the pros use to make flawlessly round ice spheres, designed by the booze maestros at Cocktail Kingdom. And we got you 22% off of it. Hope you can keep a secret.
FRENCH TWIST
Tonight, Miami will get a taste of Parisian nightspot L’Arc Paris when it lands at Villa Azur for Basel. Expect Provencal calamari. Expect Azur 309 margaritas. Expect to dance all night to a guest DJ. Expect to find Instagram stories you may not remember Instagram storying.
HEART AND PARCEL
On the off chance you haven’t finished holiday shopping yet (ahem), here’s where jewelry, art and candy collide. Chrome Hearts added an upstairs gallery and a pop-up cafe to its shop. The latter has coffees, teas and customized candies that you can enjoy in the outdoor garden. Or put under a tree.
PAINT THE TOWN
Remember when the Institute of Contemporary Art was at the Moore Building? Well, it’s not anymore. On Friday, the doors to its new permanent home in the Design District will open. Oh, and admission costs exactly no money. Thanks, art people.
LIVE FREE
New Yorkers often fly south for the winter. Which helps explain the upcoming Freehand New York takeover of Freehand Miami. Things we’ll see before they do: a Simon and the Whale menu at 27 Restaurant with lamb carpaccio and kalamata olives, plus the NY version of Broken Shaker cocktails. And 82 degrees.
NIGHT MOVES
You’ve been Baseling for days now. The art is a blur. Your eyes are full. But your stomach still needs stuff. Late-night, 3am stuff like pretzels with beer cheese sauce, fries, a milkshake and a “Vegan Impossible” burger, which defies all odds by still being delicious. The Standard Juice Café just gets you.
WAR AND PEACE
Courtesy of one of these two Star Wars-inspired tours, in Ireland and Croatia. You’re also going to need some holiday party outfits—here are three surefire winners. Finally, we’ve made a convincing case that Gary Oldman is our greatest living actor. Not sure what you’ll need that for…
On a typical Wednesday, Ginger Harris is likely seeking reposado tequila, squeezing her way to the front of a concert or jumping on the back of an Indian motorcycle. That’s just Wednesdays, though.
